The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-22

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county intends to practice his profession a,
Lilly. a
MT. j. B. Denny who had been :'doine
up boston' Mass, for week OF two return
ed home on Saturday.
The charge in the weather last week
stopped the garden making for the time
oeing, but the present fair weather will
/ soon cause 1t to be resumed. Before com
mencinP, drop into John Owens store on
High street, where'dr goods, dress goods
boots and shoes, groceries and provisions
are always sold at bottom prices.
There will be a meeting of the citizens
OF Carrolltown and vicinity. on Saturday
evening next, at half past seven O'Clock,
Tor the puIpose of forming a company to
get up fair ground race course, etc.
On Sunday last, at Summerhnl Drs. w.
| Lowman, Walters and Brnkey. of.Johns.
| town andDr. Green. of Summerhill, amputat-
| ed the leg of a bov named Johnston who
! had been Injured In SCOTS coal NINE ST
/ Summerhill couple of weeks previous 1t
/ was at first thought that the leg could be
| saved but gangreene set in and amputation
had to be resorted to save his life.
/ On the last day Of school the pupils of
/ the Ebensburg High school took sbeir
/ teacher, Mr.. Leech, by surprise. He was
decOyed from his room for a few moments
and upon his return be found his table
covered with handsome presents. Two
beautiful pictures, artistcally framed, to
gether with a card with the inscription :
"To Mr.. j. W. Lcech from his admirers
While boy named Hay, aged about 8
years was walking down street in Phnips-
burg Centre county, on Saturday, a lad
named Kline aged 10 years pulled revolver
out of his pocket and said, 'I'lI shoot you, "
and SHOT Hay in the head. The wound is
not considered fatal but should it prove so
Kline viii in all probability be sent up for
awhile. He had two revoIvers on his per
son, D and % calibre, that be had taken
from a trunk at home and belonged to an
older brother.
Judge Harry White. of Indiana, has
placed an order with Eugene A Poole,
artist, of GTeeDsburg, for four oil portraits
of his deee sed father, who was at one time
President Judge of the judicial district
embracing Westmoreland, Indiana, Arm
strong and Cambria counties When the
portraits are completed they will be dis
tributed among the counties named and
placed in the respective cOuct houses. One
of them viii occupy a place in the library
room in the court house here along with the
portraits of Judges Taylor and Dean.
On Wednesday OF last week Joseph
Adams, o. Coalport, Clearfsld county, was
arrested on a warrant charging him with
having paid a man a sum Of money to fire a
building belonging to him. On the same
day Lewis Devore was arrested aJ Dean
station on TIE charge Of having been the per
son who set fire to the building. The fire
occurred on the 27th of August, 1885, and
the building which we understand was a
hotel was insured. Adams furnished bail
in the sum of 81 800 for court, while Deyore
was taGen to jail at CIearieid and locked
mp.
Andrew Carnegie. the wealthy Pittsburg
iron merchant, who is going to build the
castle at the Summit, is reported to be
engaged to be married to Miss Estzlle Whit
field, of New York City. They will be
married this (Friday) evening and to-
morrow morning the bride and groom will
depart on tine steamer Fulda, for Europe.
The wedding will be without display and
IN the presence Of only few friends Mr..
daughter Of a deceased Broadway merchant,
is said to De 36. Miss Whitfield is not
beauty, according to report, but is a lady Of
culture and many accomplishments.
A telegram from Hot Springs, Ark,
says Faymaster in the [ 5. Army, John f.
Blaine brother of James @. Blaine, is lying
at the point OF death at the L. 5. Army and
Navy Hospital at that place, and that there
is no hope Of his recovery. Major Blaine
spent the greater part of last summer with
his family at Maple Park Springs, in this
place, and is we'll known TO a number of our
citizens. His wife is a daughter of Mr..
James FenIon OF NotTe Dame Indiana,
sister OF Hon. Thomas Z. Fenion, Of Leav-
enwOUtb, Kansas, and niece of Hon. John
FenIoE Of this place Major Blaine is about
fifty years Of age being the youngest Of the
Blaine family.
The lighting rod fraud is stni on his
travels. Down iu Lancaster county several
farmers have been caught by signing a con
tract ia which it is agreed that after the
lightning rod men have put up 80 feet OF rod
free Of cost. the farmer shall pay 70 cents
per foot for the remainder of the rod neces-
sary 20 FJd the building. This puts no lin
10 to tine number Of feet which the operators /
may find necessary to complete the building,
and there is no telling where the expenses
may run 70 The Lancaster Nelg Era says
that some farmers in that county have been /
presented With bills for $500 aud upwards, .
and a couple such claims are in the hands /
Of prominent attorney of Lancaster city /.
at the preseat time. The sharps who prac-
tfce this game are still at work over there, /.
but may cone 30 this section or the country /
ere long.
On Thursday Of last week, the applica- /
tons for licenses were heard fO-1HuntingdOn .
county, at Huntingdon. There were fifteen /
applications Ia the county and all were re
fused. President Judge Furst held that it 1
was oDligs tory On the part Of the court TO /
grant all licenses where necessity of the /
l05eI aud the fitness Of the applicant were .
shown, but he wac opposed and Oyerruled /
)v the associate Judges. Judge Furst in
bis opinion says that in granting licenses the /
,OuFt has no Jurisdiction 10 pass upon the .
Droprlety of the law, that that is legislative
md net a Judicial question. in granting
Licenses, ," he said, the true rule is to aseer-
.aiu frs the necessity Of the house for the
lcGOmmGdatiOn Of the travelling community
.nd the Entertainment OF strangers seeond,
o ascertain the fitness OF TIE applicant. and
hid whether the applicant has complied
yith ali the provisions of the law III regard
o license The court. then. having ascer-
aimed The fact that the applicant has COM